#eldritch pixlriffs

[ifthestarsarewilling]

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anyways im gonna talk about eldritch horror watcher pixlriffs now. because i love him.

so pixl wasnt always a watcher, was he? there must have been something before he watched. and maybe he still watched, but not officially. some sort of immortal, ineffable creature, similar to the crawling chaos if you like lovecraft, who will take on a form considered 'normal' to fit in. then the watchers found him and adopted him into their ranks, giving him another form: a more human one, draped in purple and copper finery, veils and wings and eyes, all biblically-accurate-angel vibes. which is pretty cool, if you ask pix. he meets zloy and lyarrah, two other watchers/a watcher and a listener, and the three team up to look over a select group: the hermits. but obviously, the three need to do more than just watch, since theyre not born watchers. and pix? he decides to join a small server, with people such as pearl, who was on evo smp with grian (another watcher), and then several people are whisked away to play third life, so the server (empires smp) is definitely a viable place for him to hide: theres already so much watcher magic, his wont make a huge difference!

but, people are always drawn to the powerful, and pixandria expands. pix knows that as far as the other emperors know, hes the only ruler of pixandria, while they all had ancestors in the world. memories spill over with pix there (the pufferish of peace) but still he tries to stay off the radar. and when he helps kill the dragon? he knows he Messed Up Bad.

so he runs, returning later, but he runs again as he doesnt want to see the destruction of the people he considers friends. pix knows theyre not dead, he knows theyll be back for season 2, but still. so he watches hermitcraft, voicing the recap, and occasionally wanders in empires to keep up with history.

so, s2 comes around, and pix wouldnt have noticed if he hadnt been wandering near spawn, and that pesky but helpful eldritch magic that draws people important to the Narrative to pix draws some of the reborn emperors to him. so he joins the circle, masquerading as an innocent archaeologist, and so what if he can See the past? technology is always advancing, after all.

its a mess when the hermits get there. pix reveals his knowledge, accidentally almost reveals gem, and with the other watcher, grian, there? pix was sure he was going to get berated by xisuma for his Watching hermitcraft. so when it turns out they already know, its such a relief. grian knows what its like not being a born watcher, and promises not to reveal anything to fwhip or the others. also, pearls there, and thats awkward because they Both Know They Know But Refuse To Acknowledge That. then he blows up grumbot, because hes very protective over his world. hes been living on empires for so long, hes laid a claim. the other watchers know not to touch it, and none but the most powerful eldritch gods would dare mess with pixlriffs.

then hes on hermitcraft, and its so weird because hes Not Meant To Be There! It keeps him on edge, and hes glad when he returns, even if he will miss the hermits. and eventually, esmp ends, and pix moves on to a new server to occupy his time.

(i havent watched whatever hes got going on after esmp s2. gotta get round to that at some point)

(also, he uses the survival guide so he can fit in with other players. its a guide so watchers can fit in with players, if they want)

(also i have so many thoughts about david)

watcher pixlriffs truthers where yall at

[pacificwaternymph]

Who wants me to write a fic where eldritch god turned historian Pixlriffs adopts isekai protagonist False-

*raises hand*

[nowaxjustanaxe]

What I'm getting from Gem's lore is that she's one being, omnipresent. Where ever there is a Gem, she's the exact same Gem with the same memories.

Given that she sees everything she does as just "LARPing" in a world, I feel like she's playing a good "disaffected immortal looking for entertainment." She's a bit of an eldritch being, really. Especially when she's fine with gaslighting and girlbossing the people around her so as to not break her own immersion. The question is, does she think everyone else around her is ALSO LARPing, or does she know that they genuinely think themselves to be their characters?

Counter her to Pixlriffs, for example: While he seems more like an archetypal "Watcher" (both in the EVO sense and not) in that he Watches servers, transcribes their actions, and sometimes (like with Emp SMP) deigns to join in the fun. He knows the characters believe themselves to be characters, and plays along.

[milkflour]

I'm headcanoning Hermit/Empires S2 Gem as a Eldritch Abomination who can take the form of a feminine humanoid base on Wizard Gem likeness, who just see life as a game to be played. Same for Pixlriffs, just basing his appearance on the Copper King.

[tev-the-random]

*cracks knuckles* Alright, let us see if my memory serves me right

(I am going to assume you mean season 2 characters, but if you want season 1 as well, I'd be happy to provide)

*Characters that have only been mentioned/haven't canonically shown up yet

We've got:

Hermes (the Child, demigod)

Eddie (Sausage's adoptive father, blacksmith and part time bartender)

Maria (Eddie's sister, leatherworker)

Carlos (survivor from Sausage's old kingdom, weaponsmith)

Dolores (Sanctuary's Warden)

Steve (Tumble Town's Warden, dead)

The King of Sausage's old kingdom*

Sausage's mother*

Donkey Jeremy (Joel's fellow god)

Saint Pearl/Perla/Peril (depending on whether or not you want to consider her cameos as a goddess as her being a side character)

Skeletron* (Pirate Joe's arch nemesis)

Sir Piggles (Pirate Joe's crewmate)

Parrot Pirate Pete (Pirate Joe's crewmate, librarian)

Gator (Pirate Joe's crewmate, armourer)

Sharky* (Pirate Joe's crewmate)

Owen (llama, bartender)

Pumpkin Jack

Witch Shelby's grandmother*

Katherine's parents*

Tumble Town Bandits

Bubbles (Sausage's multidimensional eldritch horror dog)

Winchester (Pixlriffs' dodo)

Deirdre (Rendog's dodo, dead)

Snort (Fwhip's hog)

Sniff (Snort's brother, explorer from Gobland, status unknown)

Gary (explorer from Animalia, status unknown)

Boris (Ambassador of Gobland in Animalia)

Ariana Goate (Member of the Critter Council, celebrity)

Buffy (Member of the Critter Council)

Anchovy (Member of the Critter Council)

Captain Space Buns (Member of the Critter Council)

Dirk (Member of the Critter Council)

Lucky (Member of the Critter Council)

Prince (Member of the Critter Council)

Father Floof (Member of the Critter Council)

Apollo (Gem's bear)

Tortoise (Witch Shelby's frog familiar)

Norman (Sheriff Jimmy's #1 Deputy)

Pepe (parrot)

Pablo (parrot)

Pablo Jr. (parrot, Pablo's son, dead)

Juanita (parrot)

Camillo (Sausage has a lot of parrots)

Bruno (allay, bartender in Sanctuary)

Buzz (Jimmy's beloathed allay)

Stew (fox villager, butcher)

Cricket, Tiana, Naveen, Kermit, Mossy, Poison, Tommy, Verdee, Wart and Snotillious Snotel Snotsalot III (frog villagers)

Joel's villagers who are all named after him but I can't for the life of me find the episode where he named them all-

Angel (llama from Sanctuary)

Crow (llama, Chromia's representative

Mia (llama, Chromia's representative)

Arrow (Jimmy's horse)

Bullseye (Jimmy's horse)

how many empires side characters/non emperors are there. is there enough to fill a bracket style elimination poll

[pacificwaternymph]

Does anyone want a sneak peak at the Eldritch Dad Pixl fic?

(This first chapter is already about 2.6 words and growing)

[pacificwaternymph]

idea for the eldritch dad pix au: sausage is an eldritch being that doesnt know its an eldritch being. with all the visions and glitches into other dimensions, hes definitely not a regular human (unlike lizzie). but he doesnt realise whats even wrong with him. but hes just an edlritch creature that d o e s n t k n o w. and pix knows. because pix knows all.

Oooh... I like that

Bubbles is already canonically eldritch, what's to say Sausage can't be either?

His body is mortal. It's his mind that isn't. It keeps transferring to new realms each time it dies, recreating the same body over and over, and integrates itself into its new surroundings. But every time it does, it can't fully purge itself of the memories of its past.

So it keeps them locked away, and Sausage is nonethewiser.

But Pixl knows. He's unsure whether to step in, because this could have serious effects on Sausage. But at the same time, he's wary of interfering with the affairs of the timeline.

[pacificwaternymph]

It's here!! Eldritch dad Pixl adopts isekai protagonist False B]

CH: 1/?

CW: Slight unreality, discussion of identity and existentialism, unhealthy habits

Word Count: 4024

Rating: G

Relationships: Pixlriffs & FalseSymmetry

No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary:

False's life in the past few months has been one continuous, hellish nightmare. Being dropped off in a new and unfamiliar world, surrounded by people she doesn't know, with no memory of who she is or where she came from, has left her more paranoid than she's ever been. She has no idea what she's doing, or how she's ever going to get home.

But then comes Pixlriffs. The archaeologist is kind and generous, and begins the work of slowly breaking down the walls she's put up around her heart. But there's something... off about him. Quick moments where he doesn't seem quite... real, thinking she saw something horrific out of the corner of her eye, only to turn and see him standing there, random appearances at the most convenient of times, it's not big, but it's starting to add up.

There's something weird about her new friend. But what is it? And does it even matter?

~

I'm gonna go ahead and tag everyone who responded to the orignal post haha

@neohood @dumbass---tm @thecatmotif @felicityphoenix5 @justanaveragelizardperson @dunmanticarchivistsmain @faffodill @rbck @thesupernaturalhouse @teslapenguini

(Just a heads up, I will not be doing taglists for future chapters, unless you specifically request to be tagged for updates)

(Also sorry if you got two notifications for this, my computer was giving me a hard time)

[pacificwaternymph]

i have a questin abt eldritch pix: are his features warped or a bit weird for a human bc hes an eldritch being?

There's nothing... visibly wrong with his face. He seems perfectly human from an outsider's perspective.

But there are moments that just don't seem right. The movement of his lips doesn't seem to quite line up with the words he's saying. Or his face seems a bit... unnaturally stiff, like a mask. Sometimes his eyes don't have any emotion in them at all, and sometimes they have too much.

He just... forgets how to human sometimes.

[pacificwaternymph]

Woo! The long awaited chapter 2 is up haha.

Oh my god this chapter would not cooperate with me for some reason. Not entirely happy with how it turned out but at this point I was ready to give up and leave it alone.

CH: 2/?

CW: Past food insecurity, light questioning your entire identity, memory loss, and Pixl continuing to be ever so slightly offputting. Also mentions of stalking (not on either of the protagonists' parts)

Word Count: 3,813

Rating: Gen

Relationships: False & Pixl

Summary:

Pixl interrupts False in her workshop

Taglist:

@greatcolortragedy

[pacificwaternymph]

Have you thought of a role for Pixlriffs in the FaeU? I've been reading all the posts and asks and I don't think you've mentioned him (correct me if I'm wrong)

Pixl is a fae from the spring court, and a recordkeeper at that. He's one of the oldest fae in the entirety of the courts, he was there when they moved from the forest, and unlike Shrub, he was a young adult at the time. He remembers... a lot.

He kind of falls under the same category as Lizzie in that he appears mostly normal, like you wouldn't even be able to tell that he wasn't human if not for his pointed ears, but there is also something... deeply wrong about his appearance.

I'm going to push my eldritch god pixl agenda here too because I just think he deserves it.

He's basically adopted False, a paranoid human from a really bad home with memory issues. He is slowly working on unraveling her trauma and trying to help her create her own sense of identity without her shitty parents breathing down her neck.

[amaryllisguardian]

I love this, this is adorable

Does anyone want a sneak peak at the Eldritch Dad Pixl fic?

(This first chapter is already about 2.6 words and growing)